Rehcreation
Street Sledding Cam
Our street has a nice hill that is great for sledding when the streets ice over. We have had a lot of fun sledding over the years….1996…2000…2004… It has been a while since we could sled on our street. This last storm ended our dry streak.
When the conditions are perfect, you can actually go all [...]
Outdoor Ice Skating
Growing up it was the tennis courts in town. The park district in the town where I lived, used to freeze them over so you could ice skate on them during the winter days. That was the last time I skated outside, unless you count me trying to skate on our driveway in Durham after an [...]
Recreational Skiing
It’s been so long since I skied…that snow boarding was defined as using a flattened cardboard box to sled down the backyard. It’s been so long since I skied…that my ski boots have rotted out in that time. (no joke). It’s been so long since I skied…that I hadn’t become a father yet! So yes, [...]
Christmas Greenery From Trash
What’s the saying?…”One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
Even though I am pretty much done decorating at my house for Christmas, I needed to make some window boughs for my mother-in-law’s house. I was out of Frasier fir scraps cut from our tree, so I had to get some more. We bought our tree at Eggers Tree Farm in [...]
Art From The Heart
When I get to “draw” my weather maps at work, I sometimes think of myself as a frustrated artist. I haven’t had an art class since junior high, but I do like to create. So, when I was asked to paint something for Art From The Heart a couple of weeks ago, I think I [...]
Parkwood Christmas Parade
Imagine my surprise when I was told that I would have company on the float. Earlier someone asked me, was I riding by myself as the Grand Marshall of the Parkwood Christmas parade? I thought so, but was very happy to be told that I would have the Jordan high School Cheerleaders on the float [...]
Favorite Christmas Songs
Zagat rates restaurants, but now I hear they rate songs. A recent survey from Zagat asked people their favorite Christmas songs of all time. Their survey had “O Holy Night”, “White Christmas”, and “The Christmas Song”, as number 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Out of those three, I like Nat King Cole’s “Christmas Song” the [...]
Thanksgiving Travels
Never a suitcase or any kind of luggage; the farthest away I ever went on Thanksgiving was when I was a child, it was about a 25 mile trip from my house to my cousins. Heck, that is less than my daily commute to and from work.
I can’t imagine what travelers must be going through [...]
Watching The Hurricanes
I was there last month, the last time….who would of thought? It was Friday, Oct. 9th and the Hurricanes won their hockey game over Florida 7-2. They looked good, little did I know it would be their last win, for now.
I follow hockey and the Hurricanes; but to be honest, it is football season now. [...]
A College Chef At UNC’s Alpha Chi Omega
Brunches can be dangerous, but I trained for it. I hadn’t eaten since the night before. So by 1pm I was ready to eat. This past Saturday, the University Of North Carolina had their homecoming for the football game against Duke. My wife belonged to Alpha Chi Omega, so they had a Homecoming Brunch. I [...]
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